Snow

Today brought great excitement as snow had fallen and the blanket of white had to be explored! We took our maths learning outside and had fun with our positional language going down the hill on the sledge then dragging it back up to the top of the mound again!

And then we raced to see who would be first or second. 

We made snowballs and snowmen, talking about the size of the balls and head and body of the snowmen. We added carrot noses and buttons and stick arms which reinforced our super counting and great mathematical vocabulary to compare sizes.

And we explored different patterns and sizes of footprints... Aha, oh no, footprints in the snow. Whose are these footprints and where to they go??!

The snow started to melt quickly. This led onto some good scientific discussion about why it was melting. We then came inside and got dried and warm and shared hot chocolate, fruit and hot buttered toast...

What a lovely day. Too good not to explore the weather whilst it was here! ☃🌨☃❄️

Measuring

We have enjoyed exploring measuring this week. We have used our super digging skills to dig up and measure worms using non standard units.

The children enjoyed using a ramp and pipe to see how far cars and vehicles travelled. Some children made a number line to measure which car went furthest by whose landed on the highest number.

The children have created pictures using long and short pieces of paper and looked at how different shapes can be made when the paper is not stuck flat.

During Funky Fingers, the children have explored long and short lines and used tweezers to add the jewelled beads onto them.

 

We have measured each other using string and have put these onto paper do that we can compare lengths and use yo find the tallest and shortest people in our group.

We made rules for measuring do that we make sure we are accurate and precise.

Our new room

It seems a long time ago since we moved classrooms. It's funny how adaptable and how quickly children settle in. Here are some photos of the children exploring their new environment when we first moved back into the main school building.